Great post. I see weird language projects beyond solo/hobby stage go in two directions. The first is the “beating the averages” approach where they double down on the weird to attract higher level programmers attracted by the chance to play in a preferred niche. The second is a gradual shift towards conventional languages as the problem of maintaining a codebase at scale with an ever changing team becomes a dominant challenge. As someone with an irrational attraction to the weird langs my heart is with the first group but if I was actually running a business I’m sure the second would seem very compelling.
